Hi Matt, my names Mo and I’m also a Loughborough grad and I just secured an offer from Deloitte to work in their audit department. I hope you don’t mind I sent you a follow request on Instagram. If you have the time I’d just like to ask you a couple questions about working at Deloitte and the ACA qualification. I would really appreciate the help as I’m not sure what to expect.

Scrap the music can't hear what your saying

So basically you are saying you make friends at work because you live at work doing boring job?😂

I reach a point where i don’t even care

Great vid thanks mate. Moreee :))

Would you add deferred tax asset on losses on the net working capital adjustments?

really useful to get the idea of the big four graduate scheme

Love the brutal honesty.

I was nust looking for fdd before interview and after watching the reference of suits I already know this video will be noiiiiceeee

Thanks helpful video and 3:27 yeah it's correct 👍

Amen!

I have the same name as you and also work at big 4 .

Is the buyer also buying the cash in the bank at that date?

great work

I just passed my cpa in america, and have been applying to audit jobs. But this side of advisory seems every interesting do you like it more than audit? And do they often hire staff straight out of college for these jobs?

Hello Matt, my question is do we need to complete ACA or ACCA while in graduate entry and what if someone is already a CPA from the US, Does he also need to take this ACA exam if he enters the workforce through a graduate program?

I like all your candles bro!! I bet a covid positive person could smell 👃 in there haha 😂 nice review

Did a first internship in audit at a big4, I loved the people, but found the job incredibly dull for a graduate job. After a second internship in a PE fund, I landed a job in a valuation/TS/modeling group when I graduated. Finance is flat out a more intellectually stimulating/challenging field than accounting.

I only joined one of the big 4 in September as a school leaver and now I have to go for a inventory stock count on Christmas Eve 🥲

i have this watch in blue, and it feels great on the wrist and i love it, just the right weight

Interesting way to go about studying, thanks for the information!

Thanks for sharing your experience

To add to your analogy, there's another idea about your patience being rewarded. It's the end of the day, you've been sat there for hours and haven't caught a thing. And yet all of a sudden, you feel a tug on the end of your rod. You reel the line in and end up taking home a huge prize salmon. Within big 4 audit, you can almost guarantee that whilst the day-to-day work will be a grind, by the end of the experience you will have an absolute wealth of further development opportunities ahead whether it be gunning for partner, moving into industry, side-stepping into consulting or corporate finance and a plethora of other areas. Not to mention the networks and knowledge you will have built will continue to serve you throughout the rest of your life. Audit is in a lot of ways a means to an end, and in most professions you always need to start out in the grind before you can move upwards after paying your dues. You know for a fact that those long hours will be rewarded in the end. Keep up the good work! - An Audit Apprentice at KPMG

Literally watched all your videos related to transaction services and FDD the night before my interview and I got offered within a week! Coming from mid tier audit background moving to big4 M&A transaction service. Thanks!

Please take this positively! 😇 I think your content would have been so much more effective without the background music! It was just too distracting to be able to focus on what you’re saying. Simple is key 😁

Hey Matt, thank you for posting this video on FDD. I am hoping to land my next job in FDD and wish to know if there are good books or reading material i could read and gain insights

u could of just done an apprenticeship n saved all that money

ACCA IS THE BEST

awesome video! Thank you

Compared to audit (especially busy season), what's the lifestyle/ hours like in investment banking?

Really useful video. Question: Do you have some idea about school-leavers from countries other than the UK as how they can start their ACA journey and how can they join a firm in the UK.

Hello: 1- After the busy period is there a general review of wrk done? 2- I recently got accepted an offer into KPMG. So in my research (on KZfaq), I have seen so many people talk about certificate programs (ACA). How do u manage your time during the busy season alongside the certification exams? Is the ACA or ACCA or any other certification programs imperative for juniors?

Am a ACCA student and am eligible to get any paper exemptions?

Stupidly overpriced tshirt - seen u coming, mate !

Aca is most over rated qualification and not worth at all

Overall I agree although I found the degree much easier than grad scheme only because with a degree you get proper breaks throughout the year whereas big 4 you get 4 weeks only so tended to get burnt out

Super helpful! Thanks

Working in the consulting (advisory) part of PwC for couple years, many things you said apply there as well. Just want to add some things. 1. There is an significant snowball effect with work. When joining big 4, you may struggle to find projects. You do often the job that no one wants to do, but after a while it gets much better. Everyone who is capable of delivering gets recognized and gets involved in many future projects. 2. Work Life balance - It's pretty bad , I was working full time even as an intern, but once I became an associate, then it went to 50/60 hours per week. If the deadlines in multiple projects align around the same date, we worked 70-100 per week. But it may depend on the team I guess. 3. Partners - Our partners are just dont the earth guys. There were talking to me (intern) and always insisten in showing them what i'm working on. I think that big 4 has very encouraging environment. 4. Questions - I struggled with imposter syndrom, but promised myself, that I will ask as much as possible, otherwise it won't go away. And after years it was crutial part of my journey. So ask, no one has expertise with everything, that's why the teams are so diverse. 5. Travelling - In consulting, there is a lot of travelling all around the globe, but it's mainly limited to the managers. You can go on secondmends to different country, but you need to perform. Btw everyone imagines traveling to NY, but the reality hits you when you go to Pakistan instead and get food poisoning from their local kitchen right before client's meeting.

Loughborough University 🙌

This video is extremely helpful and will definitely help me out big time. Thanks a lot guys for passing on your knowledge to the younger generation. Bless you guys.

Hi, bro Are u on insta?

excellent overview and kinda run through of everything. Big thanks for putting this together,,,

Thanks for the helpful clip. Any advice for graduates?

Hey Matt, your videos helped me so much. I actually watched your QoE and NWC for my FDD interviews. I love the shorts but do you have plans to expand these concepts on a regular video? I would love that. Thanks again Matt.

As a Scheduler (different industry & work), I'm relishing how much power a Scheduler has! 💪🏾

Nice one mate. Really appreciate your time and effort to make this video for us! I now have a clear idea of what happens the first few months after joining the big4.

Preparing for a TAS interview and your interviews are brilliant

Very nice Matt .. life changing :)

Really useful video - thanks mate

Hey matt, first 2 parts were really insightful. Thankyou so much for creating these amazing videos. I am sure you must be very busy, but if you could spare some time and make the third part as well, I would be so grateful as I am sure you other viewers will be as well. Sending you warm wished and love from India.